Mamiya 645 AFD III manual Attaching / Detaching a Magazine, Before installation

Attaching / Detaching a Magazine

Installation and removal of the magazine and its dark slide

Unless the dark slide is inserted in the magazine, you cannot install and remove the magazine. When the camera batteries power is low, or batteries are not installed, the dark slide cannot be removed although the magazine can be mounted or removed.

★The magazine cannot be loaded in the camera unless the pull-out cover is inserted into place.

Before installation

1.Remove the magazine protection cap.

A

B

2.Press the magazine to the camera body, then the couplers on the camera body and the magazine together. You will hear the shutter and mirror click into the shooting position.

2. Remove the camera rear cap by putting a finger into the notch and sliding the cap down.

Shutter Safety Retraction

The precision shutter blades are made of very thin hyper-duralumin and could be damaged if unprotected. When the magazine is loaded into the camera, the mirror and shutter are set to their home positions, and the camera’s operation lock is re- leased.

★The shutter auto open/close unit will not be activated when batteries have not been installed inside the camera.

1.Insert the dark slide into the magazine.

Attaching

1.Fit the bracket at the bottom of the interface of the camera body with the groove on the magazine.

D

C

2.With your thumb first push button C down and then simultaneously button D in. The magazine will separate itself from the camera body.

★When the magazine is removed, the shutter will automatically open, as explained above, under “Shutter Safety Retraction”

Film winding and shutter release are also locked.

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